Coin or change purse.



No. 774,522. PATENTED NOV. 8, 1904.

J. M. KERST & A. W. GRESSER.

COIN OR CHANGE PURSE.

APPLICATION FILED PERM, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented November 8, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. KERST AND ARTHUR IV. CRESSER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COIN OR CHANGE PURSE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,522, dated November8, 1904. Application filed February 24, 1904. Serial No. 195,031. (Nomodel.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN M. KERs'r and ARTHUR CRnssER, citizens of theUnited States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Coin orChange Purses, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention consists of a coin-purse provided with a receptacle orpurse proper and a tray which when the purse is opened forms acommunication with said receptacle, so that coin or change may be madeto slide from one to the other without liability of the coin or changedropping from said tray and so be exposed for inspection and handling,provision being made for setting out the members of the tray, so as toprevent improper closing of the same.

It also consists in providing the receptacle or purse proper with meansfor separating the members thereof, so that they will be prevented fromclosing and will be held apart sufl iciently to permit the readyintroduction and removal of the coin or change to and from saidreceptacle.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a coin or change purseembodying our invention. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal sectionthereof on line in a Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a transverse sectionthereof on lines ;1 1 Fig. 2, the purse being in folded condition. Fig.4 represents a transverse section of a portion on linear, Fig. l, inperspective.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a receptacle constituting thepurse proper, the same being composed of the members B and C, which areunited along their edge and so form a chamber between them. Connectedwith one of said members, if so desired, is the additional receptacle D,the same having its mouth covered by the flap E.

F designates a tray which is continuous of the member C of thereceptacle A and flexibly connected therewith after the manner of ahinge, whereby it may be folded on the receptacle, and vice versa, inorder to close the The tray F consists of the back member J and v I thefront flange K, which latter extends around the rim portion of theformer and is adapted to allow a coin or change to pass thereunder, itbeing evident that when the purse is opened, as in Fig. l, and properlytilted the coin or change will pass from the receptacle A into the trayand slide upon the latter, passing in part under the flange K, where itis controlled while being exposed to view, so as to be inspected,selected, and removed, as desired. In order to retain said flange inset-out position from the back member, there is interposed between thesame the bead or rib L of less width than said flange, which extendsaround the inner side of the joint or edge of said parts and so throwsout said flange, whereby the space between the latter and the backmember is unobstructed or comparatively unobstructed, and the coin orchange may read: ily enter the space underneath said. flange and returntherefrom.

In order to prevent entire closing of the members of the receptacle A,there is interposed between the same the bead or flange \d, whichextends around the inner side of the joint or edge of said parts and sosufliciently separates the latter that there is an unobstructed orcomparatively unobstructed passage between the same whereby coin orchange may be readily introduced into said receptacle by hand orreturned thereinto by sliding it from the tray when the latter is placedin a position the reverse ofthat primarily used to bring the coin toview on the tray.

The beads L and M are formed of pieces of suitable material bent orfolded on themselves, the bent or folded interior edges producing bulgeswhich are sufliciently pliable to avoid stiffness of adjacent parts,while the outer edges of said pieces are comparatively flat,

said bulges occupying the outer portions of the spaces between saidbeads and the members B and C, thus throwing out the flanges to acertain extent, so that the inner portions of said spaces are free toreceive the coin while said portions are prevented from being closed.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction shown Withoutdeparting from the general spirit of our invention, and we do not,therefore, desire to be limited in each case i to the same.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a purse of the character stated, a back wall, a flange on the sideof the interior thereof, and an elevating-piece of less width than saidflange interposed between said wall and JOHN M. KERST. ARTHUR W.CRESSER.

Witnesses:

J OHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, S. R. CARR.

